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The Team
Reza Ovissipour, Ph.D.
Principle Investigator
Assistant Professor in Food Safety and Cellular Agriculture
Department of Food Science and Technology/SAREC
Ph.D. Biosystems Engineering Washington State University
Ph.D. Bioprocess Engineering Tarbiat Modares University
M.Sc. Seafood Technology Tarbiat Modares University Aquaculture Engineering GAU
Lexi Duscher, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher in Cellular Agriculture
SAREC
Ph.D. Microbiology and Cell Science University of Florida
B.Sc. Marine Science Eckerd College
B.A. Environmental Studies Eckerd College
Inayat Batish
Ph.D. Student in Cellular Agriculture
Department of Food Science and Technology/SAREC
M.Sc. Industrial Biotechnology NIT (India)
B.Sc. Biotechnology PTU (India)
Thet M. Aung
M.Sc. Student in Cellular Agriculture
Department of Food Science and Technology/SAREC
B.Sc. Food Science and Technology VT
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Zachary Shea
Ph.D. Student in Crop and Soil Sciences
(Main advisor: Dr. Bo Zhnag)
School of Plant And Environmental Sciences
B.Sc. Zoology NCSU
Julia J. Kesselring
M.Sc. Student in Intenstinal Biome
Department of Food Science and Technology
B.Sc. Food Science and Technology UDel
Amiti Banavar
M.Sc. Student in Cellular Agriculture
Department of Food Science and Technology/SAREC
B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering Stony Brook University
Rose Thai
Lab Specialist-SAREC
B.Sc. Biological Sciences Virginia Tech
B.Sc. Experimental Neurosciences Virginia Tech
Lab Alumni
Janak Dhakal
Postdoctoral Researcher in COVID (2020-2021)
Next Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Caio Miyai
Postdoctoral Researcher in Alternative Proteins
for AquaFeed (2019-2021)
Next Position: Senior Researcher
São Paulo State University
Samad Keramat
Research Scientist in Alternative Proteins for AquaFeed
(2020-2021)
Next Position: Associate Professor
Sari Agricultural Sciences University
Maggie Marshall
Undergraduate Summer Intern (2019)
Next Position: Senior Research Assistant
Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University
Shamil Rafeeq
Visiting Scholar-Nanobubbles Technology
(2020-2021)
Next Position: Associate Professor
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
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